Chapter 1
Chapter 1
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You would not see adverts like the ones on this page today!
There are now much stricter rules on the claims that a food
advert can make. A claim is a statement that is supposed
to be true. Adverts often contain claims to convince you to
buy a product. Many countries now have laws that say that
all health claims must be supported by scientific evidence.
We also know much more about the effects of food on the
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a I What claim is being made? Obroinable from High Cfoss Chemises Price
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bl Suggest why a company would not be able to make RICHE or Hay HIii Ltd., 14, Hay Hill, Berkeley Squore, London, W .1
th is claim today.
A I This advert is from 1952.
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WHAT DOES OUR FOOD CONTAIN?
In science, the word diet means what you eat. Your diet provides
raw materials for your body, which are needed for energy (to move, II What do scientists mean
by diet?
keep warm, make new materials), growth and repair, and health.
a I What is a nutrient?
Food substances that provide raw materials are called nutrients. II
These include carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins and minerals. bl What does your body
use nutrients for?
The main carbohydrates in food are insoluble starch and soluble
sugars. There are many different sugars, including sucrose (table
sugar) and glucose.
There are many different sorts of fats. Some are solid and some are
liquid at room temperature. We call liquid fats oils. Fats and oils are
sometimes called lipids.
We also need to eat fibre. This is made of plant cell walls and is
not used by the body, but it keeps us healthy by helping food
move through the intestines and stopping them getting blocked
(constipation). Wholegrain cereals and breads contain a lot of fibre.
Water is also very important since about 65 per cent of you is water!
Water:
■ acts as a lubricant
• dissolves substances so that they can be carried around the body
■ fills up cells so that they hold their shape
■ cools you down, when you sweat.
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■ recall the nutrients we need in our diets
■ interpret nutrition information labels
■ recall the tests used to detect some nutrients.
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WHY DO WE NEED THE DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS?
For energy
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When you eat food, you gain mass. When doing
everyday activities, the fuel in your food is used
up and so you lose mass. To make sure your mass
does not change, the amount of fuel you use
should be balanced by the amount you eat.
Your body's main source of energy is
carbohydrates. There is a lot of starch in foods
like bread and potatoes, and sugars are found
in sweet foods. Another source of energy comes
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from fats. There are a lot of fats in dairy products
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Fats are stored in your body so that there is
always a source of energy. A lot of this stored fat You gain mass You lose mass doing
comes from the fats that you eat. However, if the when you eat. everyday things.
carbohydrates you eat are not all used up, they can
be turned into fat. Some fat is stored under your A I The amount of energy stored in your food should
balance the amount of energy that you need.
skin to insulate your body and help you stay warm.
Energy transfers
Different foods contain different amounts of
energy, which is measured in kilojoules (kJ).
Respiration in your cells releases the energy.
As your eel Is respire, the energy is transferred
(moved) from the nutrients, making it available
for you to grow, move, think and keep warm.
The amount of energy your body needs to
transfer depends on your age, whether you are
male or female and how active you are.
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How daily energy requirements change with age
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Activity Energy required per hour (kJ/h) 13000
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II a Look at label Bon page 6. How much energy is in 100 g
of the food?
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bl How much of this food would provide the energy ~ 2000
needed by someone of your age and sex for one day? 1000
c I How much of the food would provide the energy for 0
2 hours of slow walking?
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a Between which ages do people need most energy?
II bl Suggest a reason for this.
Age (years)
II al Ravi is a fitness trainer. His wife is the same age and works
at a call centre. Who will need more energy per day?
bl Explain why this is.
For health
All nutrients are important for health, and these include
tiny quantities of vitamins and mineral salts (usually
just called minerals). For example, vitamin A is needed
for healthy skin and eyes, and vitamin C helps cells
in tissues to stick together properly. Vitamin D and
calcium are needed to make bones, and iron is used to
make red blood cells.
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II a State two good sources of each type of
nutrient found in food.
I can ...
bl Why do our bodies need each type of
nutrient? Present your answer as a table. ■ recall good sources of different nutrients
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describe how factors change the amount of energy
we need
describe what each nutrient does in the body.
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WHY IS A BALANCED DIET IMPORTANT?
a
Starvation
The worst form of malnutrition is starvation, in which people
lack nearly all the nutrients they need. People who are
starving get thinner and thinner.
Obesity
People whose food contains more energy than they need
may become overweight. This can cause heart disease,
when fat clogs the arteries and stops enough blood reaching
the heart muscle tissue. If very little blood reaches the heart
muscle, it can start to die (a heart attack), which causes a
painful squeezing feeling in the chest.
People who are overweight are more likely to have high
blood pressure, which can damage the heart or kidneys or
cause blood vessels to burst.
People who are very overweight are said to be obese. Obesity
is increasing in many countries, so some scientists want to
stop adverts for fatty or sugary foods.
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WHAT DO THE PARTS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DO?
Proteins, fats and most carbohydrates are too big for your body to use
a I What does the
and need to be broken down into smaller pieces. Digestion turns large II digestive system do?
insoluble molecules into smaller soluble ones. Digestion occurs as your
b I Why do we need to
food passes through your gut (a tube made up of different organs). The
digest food?
gut and some other organs that help digestion (such as the salivary
glands, liver and pancreas) form the digestive system.
3. In the stomach ,
food is churned up
with acid (pH 1- 2)
salivary glands and more digestive
juices are added.
pancreas
4. In the small
intestine, more 5. Food that we cannot
digestive juices are digest (e.g. fibre) goes
added (including from into the large intestine,
the pancreas). The liver where water is removed.
adds a substance to This forms a more solid
help digest fats. Small material called faeces
molecules of digested (pronounced 'fee-sees').
food are then
absorbed (taken
into the body) here. 6. The rectum stores faeces, which are
then pushed out of the anus in a process
called defaecation or egestion. It takes
anus about 24-48 hours for food to go through
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the gut. (Note that defaecation is getting rid of
undigested food. Excretion is getting rid of
wastes produced by your cells.)
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Gut bacteria
Bacteria are microorganisms (organisms you need
a microscope to see). Although they are tiny, your
intestines contain about 1 kilogram (kg) of them!
Some of these bacteria are useful, but other types
are harmful.
The bacteria in your gut feed on your food and
can digest some foods that your body cannot. The
bacteria grow and reproduce using some of these
digested molecules, but the rest of the molecules
can be absorbed into your body.
Enzymes
Enzymes are substances that speed up the breaking down of large molecules
into smaller ones. Substances that speed up reactions (without being changed
themselves) are called catalysts. Enzymes are biological catalysts.
Most of the enzymes needed for digestion are produced by your body and
are found in the various digestive juices that are added to food as it travels
through the gut.
A model that helps us think about how enzymes work compares them to
D I the scissors model of
scissors. The enzymes help to cut through the connections that hold the
enzyme action
molecule together.
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8AeSURFACE AREA
HOW ARE SURFACE AREAS CALCULATED?
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In diagram C, the top face of the cell is the same size as
the bottom face, so:
Area of top and bottom = 120 + 120 = 240 µm 2
2
II Estimate the surface area of
an approximately cuboid cell,
Area of front and back= 120 + 120 = 240 µm
with length 10 µm, width 15 µm
Area of both ends= 100 + 100 = 200 µm 2 and height 20 µm. Show your
working.
Surface area of the cuboid= 240 + 240 + 200 = 680 µm 2
If food is given a greater surface 6cm 3cm 3cm
3 cm 41 ~ 41 ►
area, there is more room for 6~ 3cm
enzymes to get to work and break
down the food. This is why, for
example, teeth are important for 3cm I . . . , . . _ _ ~ ~,
grinding up food. 6cm
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Look at diagram D. Calculate the
surface area: volume ratio of:
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a the large cube
bl one of the small cubes. I can ...
Show your working. ■ calculate areas of rectangles and cuboids
■ explain the importance of surface area in
science, including surface area : volume
ratios.
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HOW DOES DIGESTED FOOD GET INTO THE BLOOD?
mixture of water,
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_.,___ water
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small tightly tied II What would you expect to find in the water at
the end of the experiment shown in diagram
intestine B that was not there at the start? Explain your
reasoning.
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II What is diffusion? Small intestine
Why do some glucose molecules move out of adaptations
II the blood and others move into it? The greater the surface area, the more room there
is for molecules to pass between the inside of the
II Explain how diffusion allows the small intestine
to absorb soluble molecules but not insoluble small intestine and the blood. So, a greater surface
ones. area allows more diffusion of molecules. This allows
more glucose to be absorbed more quickly.
To increase its surface area, the wall of the small
intestine is folded. It also contains lots of little
The surface area of the small intestine finger-shaped villi (one is called a villus).
is about the area of a tennis court
{about 260 m2 ). To further increase surface area, each villus cell has a
folded top (that forms microvilli, one is a microvillus).
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How is the small intestine adapted to absorbing
digested nutrients quickly?
When alcohol is drunk, fewer digestive enzymes are
a I Give one short-term effect of drinking alcohol
II on the digestive system.
released into the small intestine. Drinking alcohol
can damage the villi and cause them to become
bl Explain why this may cause fewer nutrients to shorter.
get into the blood.
cl Explain why someone who drinks alcohol may
suffer from malnutrition.
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II You can think of the human small intestine as a tube
which is about 6.5 m long and has a diameter of ■ explain how diffusion enables absorption by the
2.5 cm. A tube of these dimensions has a surface small intestine
area of about 0.51 m 2. Why is this different from ■ explain how the small intestine is adapted to its
the area given in the fact box? function.
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Most food companies put nutrition information
labels on food packaging. Many companies also
add traffic lights. Red means high, orange means
medium and green means that a foo d is low in a
certain nutrient. The more green the better. The
percentage of t he Reference Intake in a serving
may also be shown.
Co mpanies m ust show ingredients o n packaging
and m ost foods must be dat ed. A 'best before'
date t ells you how long a food's t aste w ill be at its
best. A food is usually safe to eat after this date
but does not tast e as good. Food s w ith a 'use
by' date may cause harm after this dat e, often
because harmful bacteria grow in them.